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Clifford Edmund Bosworth FBA (29 December 1928 – 28 February 2015) was an English historian and Orientalist, specialising in
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
and
Iranian studies Iranian studies ( fa, ايران‌شناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...
.


Life

Bosworth was born on 29 December 1928 in
Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...
,
West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...
(now
South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham. In N ...
). His father Clifford Bosworth, clerked for
Board of Guardians Boards of guardians were ''ad hoc'' authorities that administered Poor Law in the United Kingdom from 1835 to 1930. England and Wales Boards of guardians were created by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, replacing the parish overseers of the poor ...
before working for
Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance The Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (MPNI) was a British government ministry responsible for the administration and delivery of welfare benefits. It was headed by the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance. It was created in 19 ...
, his mother was Gladys Constance Gregory. He received his
Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
degree in
modern history The term modern period or modern era (sometimes also called modern history or modern times) is the period of history that succeeds the Middle Ages (which ended approximately 1500 AD). This terminology is a historical periodization that is applie ...
from the
St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...
, before achieving an MA in
Middle Eastern studies Middle Eastern studies (sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies) is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is gene ...
and PhD degrees from the
University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...
. Before attending the University of Edinburgh, he worked for the
Department of Agriculture for Scotland Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, where he met Annettee Ellen Todd, who he would go on to marry in
Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
on 19 September 1957, the couple would go on to have three daughters. He held permanent posts at the
University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...
,
University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...
, and at the Center for the Humanities at
Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
. He was a visiting professor at the
University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...
, where he held the post since 2004. Bosworth died on 28 February 2015, in
Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somer ...
,
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Works

Bosworth was the author of hundreds of articles in academic journals and composite volumes. His other contributions included nearly 200 articles in the ''
Encyclopaedia of Islam The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' (''EI'') is an encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies published by Brill. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. The first edition was published in ...
'' and some 100 articles in the ''
Encyclopædia Iranica ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times. Scope The ''Encycl ...
'', as well as articles for ''
Encyclopædia Britannica The (Latin for "British Encyclopædia") is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various time ...
'' and ''
Encyclopedia Americana ''Encyclopedia Americana'' is a general encyclopedia written in American English. It was the first major multivolume encyclopedia that was published in the United States. With ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' and ''Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclo ...
''. He was the chief editor of the ''
Encyclopaedia of Islam The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' (''EI'') is an encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies published by Brill. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. The first edition was published in ...
'' and a consulting editor of ''
Encyclopædia Iranica ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times. Scope The ''Encycl ...
''.


Bibliography

*''The
Ghaznavids The Ghaznavid dynasty ( fa, غزنویان ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic ''mamluk'' origin, ruling, at its greatest extent, large parts of Persia, Khorasan, much of Transoxiana and the northwest ...
, their empire in Afghanistan and Eastern Iran 994–1040'', Edinburgh University Press 1963, 2nd ed. Beirut 1973, repr. New Delhi 1992 (Persian tr.). *''The Islamic dynasties, a chronological and genealogical handbook'', Edinburgh University Press 1967, revised ed. 1980 (Russian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and French trs.). *''
Sistan Sistān ( fa, سیستان), known in ancient times as Sakastān ( fa, سَكاستان, "the land of the Saka"), is a historical and geographical region in present-day Eastern Iran ( Sistan and Baluchestan Province) and Southern Afghanistan (N ...
under the Arabs, from the Islamic conquest to the rise of the
Saffarids The Saffarid dynasty ( fa, صفاریان, safaryan) was a Persianate dynasty of eastern Iranian origin that ruled over parts of Persia, Greater Khorasan, and eastern Makran from 861 to 1003. One of the first indigenous Persian dynasties to emerg ...
(30-250/651-864)'', IsMEO, Rome 1968 (Persian tr.). *''The Book of curious and entertaining information, the Lata'if al-ma'arif of Tha'ālibī translated into English'', Edinburgh University Press 1968. *(Editor) ''Iran and Islam'', in memory of the late
Vladimir Minorsky Vladimir Fyodorovich Minorsky (russian: Владимир Фёдорович Минорский;  – March 25, 1966) was a Russian Orientalist best known for his contributions to the study of Persian, Lurish and Kurdish history, geography, ...
, Edinburgh University Press 1971. *(Editor, with
Joseph Schacht Joseph Franz Schacht (, 15 March 1902 – 1 August 1969) was a British-German professor of Arabic and Islam at Columbia University in New York. He was the leading Western scholar on Islamic law, whose ''Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence'' (195 ...
) ''The legacy of Islam'', new edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974 (Arabic tr. Kuwait, 1998). *''The mediaeval Islamic underworld, the Banu Sasan in Arabic society and literature'', 2 vols., Brill, Leiden 1976. *''The medieval history of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia'', Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London 1977. *''The later Ghaznavids, splendour and decay: the dynasty in Afghanistan and northern India 1040–1186'', Edinburgh University Press 1977, repr. New Delhi 1992 (Persian tr.) *''
Al-Maqrizi Al-Maqrīzī or Maḳrīzī (Arabic: ), whose full name was Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī (Arabic: ) (1364–1442) was a medieval Egyptian Arab historian during the Mamluk era, kn ...
's "Book of contention and strife concerning the relations between the
Banu Umayya Umayyad dynasty ( ar, بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, Banū Umayya, Sons of Umayya) or Umayyads ( ar, الأمويون, al-Umawiyyūn) were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of Al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. In the ...
and the
Banu Hashim ) , type = Qurayshi Arab clan , image = , alt = , caption = , nisba = al-Hashimi , location = Mecca, Hejaz Middle East, North Africa, Horn of Africa , descended = Hashim ibn Abd Manaf , parent_tribe = Qu ...
" translated into English'',
Journal of Semitic Studies A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...
Monographs, 3, Manchester 1981. *''Medieval Arabic culture and administration'',
Variorum A variorum, short for ''(editio) cum notis variorum'', is a work that collates all known variants of a text. It is a work of textual criticism, whereby all variations and emendations are set side by side so that a reader can track how textual deci ...
, Collected Studies Series, London 1982. *(Editor, with
Carole Hillenbrand Carole Hillenbrand, (born 1943), is a British Islamic scholar who is Emerita Professor in Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Islamic History at the University of St Andrews. She is the Vice-President of the British ...
) ''Qajar Iran, political, social and cultural change 1800–1925'' _Festschrift_for_L.P._Elwell-Sutton.html" ;"title="L.P._Elwell-Sutton.html" ;"title=" Festschrift for L.P. Elwell-Sutton"> Festschrift for L.P. Elwell-Sutton">L.P._Elwell-Sutton.html" ;"title=" Festschrift for L.P. Elwell-Sutton"> Festschrift for L.P. Elwell-Sutton Edinburgh University Press 1984. *''The History of al-Tabari''. Vol. XXXII. ''The reunification of the Abbasid Caliphate. The caliphate of al-Ma'mun A.D. 812-833/A.H. 198–213'', translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1987. *''The History of al-Tabari''. Vol. XXX. ''The Abbasid Caliphate in equilibrium. The caliphates of
Musa al-Hadi Abū Muḥammad Mūsā ibn al-Mahdī al-Hādī ( ar, أبو محمد موسى بن المهدي الهادي; 26 April 764 CE 14 September 786 CE) better known by his laqab Al-Hādī (الهادي‎) was the fourth Arab Abbasid caliph who succee ...
and
Harun al-Rashid Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar , أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...
A.D. 785-809/A.H. 169–193'', translated and annotated by C.E.Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1989. *''
Baha' al-Din al-Amili Bahāʾ al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al‐ʿĀmilī (also known as Sheikh Baha'i, fa, شیخ بهایی) (18 February 1547 – 1 September 1621) was an Iranian ArabEncyclopedia of Arabic Literature'. Taylor & Francis; 1998. . p. 85. Sh ...
and his literary anthologies'', Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs 10, Manchester 1989. *''The History of
al-Tabari ( ar, أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير بن يزيد الطبري), more commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Muslim historian and scholar from Amol, Tabaristan. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari ...
''. Vol. XXXIII. ''Storm and stress along the northern frontiers of the Abbasid Caliphate. The caliphate of al-Mu'tas'im A.D. 833-842/A.H. 218–227'', translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1991.(editor, with M.E.J. Richardson) Richard Bell, A commentary on the Qur'an,
University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...
(Journal of Semitic Studies) 1991, 2 vols. *''The History of the Saffarids of Sistan and the Maliks of
Nimruz Nimruz or Nimroz (Dari: ; Balochi: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and north of Balochistan, Pakistan, also border ...
(247/861 to 949/1452-3)'', Columbia Lectures on Iranian Studies no. 7, Costa Mesa, Calif. and New York 1994. *''The Arabs, Byzantium and Iran. Studies in early Islamic history and culture'', Variorum, Collected Studies Series, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot 1996. *''The New Islamic dynasties. A chronological and genealogical manual'', Edinburgh University Press 1996. *(Editor, with Muhammad Asim, and contributor) ''The UNESCO history of civilizations of Central Asia, Vol. IV, The age of achievement. A.D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century''. ''Part 1, The historical, social and economic setting'', Paris 1998. ''Part 2, The literary, cultural, artistic and scientific achievements'', Paris 2000. *''The History of al-Tabari''. Vol. V. ''The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids and Yemen'', translated and annotated by C.E. Bosworth, SUNY Press, Albany 1999 (editor, and contributor of four chapters) *''A century of British orientalists 1902–2001'' Centennial Volume of the Oriental and African Studies Section of the British Academy Oxford University Press for the
British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...
2001. *''Abu 'l-Fadl
Bayhaqi Bayhaqi (meaning "from Bayhaq") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ahmad Bayhaqi (994–1066), Persian Islamic scholar *Abolfazl Beyhaqi (995–1077), Persian secretary, historian, and author *Abu'l-Hasan Bayhaqi Zahir al-Din ...
's Tarkh-i Mas'udi translated into English with a historical, geographical and linguistic commentary'', to appear in the Persian Heritage Series, Columbia University, 3 volumes, New York, 2006; ''An intrepid Scot: William Lithgow of Lanark's travels in the Ottoman Empire and Mediterranean lands 1609–21'', Aldershot 2006.


Awards

*UNESCO Avicenna Silver Medal, 1998 *Dr Mahmud Afshar Foundation Prize for contributions to Iranian Studies, 2001 *Prize by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance,
Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, for contributions to Iranian historical studies, 2003 *Triennial Award, 2003


References


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''Curriculum vitae''
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Updated bibliography of C.E. Bosworth's works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosworth, Clifford Edmund 1928 births 2015 deaths British historians People from Sheffield Iranologists Fellows of the British Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 20th-century British historians